Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 774281 - Employee killed falling off drill pipe and collars

Accident Summary Nr: 774281 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/03/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123430282	04/05/1993	1381	0	Torch Operating Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on loan from another company, having been requested as an experienced worker with 20 years in the oil patch. His new supervisor told him to go out and work with the Red Adair people. Unknown to the Red Adair employees, Employee #1 entered an area where workers were picking up stacked drill pipe and collars with a forklift. One of the Red Adair employees did not see Employee #1 immediately, but then observed him climbing on a stack of collars and pipe. He tried to motion to Employee #1 to get down; talking or yelling was useless because of the noise of a blowout fire. The supervisor and a forklift driver then saw Employee #1 disappear behind the stack. The pipe and collars had started rolling and smashed Employee #1 in the chest. He was dead on arrival at the local hospital.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, CRUSHED, NOISE, BLOWOUT--OIL WELL, PIPE, INATTENTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123430282			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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